Now that I look through the board we didn't even have a thread for Gyakuten Saiban 5 so maybe there's not much of an interest in this but...

Some two months ago the entire English translation patch for Gyakuten Kenji 2 has been released. I stopped following the translation progress for a short while because it seemed slow and then bam, the entire patch is out and I missed it entirely.

Works fine for me, using both flashcard as well as an NDS emulator. No problems with anything so far (so saving/loading pretty much) but I'm just midway through Case 1. Translation looks pretty good. I'm not that fond of the new chess thing, though, mostly because it's time-based. As well as plain unneeded.

Took me a month but I finally finished it. It sounds almost as if it was a chore but it's the opposite - I enjoyed it a lot and thought it's one of the best entries in the entire franchise. I felt there's a bit too much hand holding this time around and Logic Chess were kinda annoying but it's a great VN nonetheless. I was reminded how great the music is in Gyakuten titles, too.

IS-7 Incident is of particular interest here. It's a case that has been namedropped countless of times in previous games (the one where Von Karma was found guilty of using fake evidence) and this time around you don't only learn what it's all about, you actually get to solve it. Great stuff.

I wanted to include a vid of either Lang or Kay theme (or the new Lang remix which is really great) but I found something else that has little to do with Gyakuten Kenji 2 but which will definitely be of interest to all Gyakuten fans. Makes me want to go buy a 3DS.

The limitations of hardware at the time and the workarounds to them together with the prevailing art styles at the time make for a really cool combined visual style.
I don't know Japanese though so I can't actually read them.

>>1807
Although I know this is not usual when it comes to old japanese games, Viper V16 does have a international version readily avaible online which has english text. It is also quite a short VN, so I would recommend it.

YU-NO is the first one comes to mind - it's probably the most famous VN of all time. Amazing atmosphere, story, characters, music, everything.
I don't have a particular preference towards old or new visual novels story wise but I prefer the art from older games. The limited color palette forces artists to be creative with how they render drawings and gives a lot of charm to the games. FM synth soundtracks are great too.

Relatively old visual novels that I've played or read...

* Matt's Messy Room translated _Maison Ikkoku Omoide no Photograph_, which was a licensed PC Engine (TG16) adventure game. The interface mostly consists of command prompts such as Open, Move, and Talk. If you're interested, use an emulator that supports save states.

The same people also translated _Pia Carrot_ for PCFX. I think it's a good example of a '90s romance game. There's not much story, and there's some simulation gameplay, but it's not all that difficult. The game is not wall-to-wall porn, and it's not meant to make the player laugh or cry. It's just entertainment.

* _Three Sisters Story_. After all these years, I'm still not sure if I like the protagonist. He did some rather horrible stuff just to help the Okamura family. Also, it seems remarkable that the game allowed the player to make immoral choices. Sure, they usually lead right to a negative ending, but at least the option was there.

_May Club_: Again, this simulation game wasn't exactly complex, and it didn't have much story. But it had a good middle ground in between narrative, gameplay, and NSFW content.

_Rance 1_: Late '80s RPG. I played for a few hours, and mostly enjoyed it. I was surprised by how short the sex scenes were. Overall gameplay wasn't amazing, but it held my interest.

If you were enjoying VNs in the '90s, you might have been tempted to use a term like "moeblob" to disparage characters that didn't have much motivation and similar appearances. Some recent VNs have distinct art styles and interesting characters. However, I don't think the moeblob problem has gone away.

Vintage VNs that I should really get around to playing or reading: Portopia Serial Murder Case, Snatcher, Policenauts, Yu-No, Radical Dreamers, Suikogaiden 1+2, Tsukihime, Air, and a whole bunch more.

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>>1169
> are there any good VNs you all have read that don't emphasize romance/ero?

all of the fantasy stuff sans alicesoft stuff.
Umineko, f/sn, s;g, muvluv, baldr sky, etc.

my favorite is Saya no Uta.

I'm not sure what to say about Narcissu except that it's important to me.
May Sky is a sweet little love story that doesn't use too many cheap tricks.
Katawa Shoujo is an almost embarrassingly earnest coming of age story. Most people who read VNs don't think too highly of it. I guess I just read it at the right time in my life.

I'd probably have to go with Utawarerumono and Kamidori as my favorites.

>>1161
>but I don't know what I did with it
>138739082937.png

You should consider organizing your pictures in a way other than a 5gb folder sorted by unix timestamp for when they are posted on 4chan.

>>1162
Yeah, I renamed it to something easier to find.

>hand_ciel

Why love a Ciel when you could love a glorious Arcueid?

>>1167

Arc makes for a terrible M, whereas ciel is wonderful at it, and you don't have to worry about leaving marks.

Oh it was moved. Fair enough. Part three has been everything I had hoped it would be so far.

>>1159
in the end the final scene was consensual missionary position sex for the purpose of procreation.

and yet it still felt like a rape scene.

>>1164
It got pretty non-consensual by the end.

>>1165
I dont get why
Luka is having sex with his legally married wife If theres a situation where he can get into that its then.

>>1122
akiha's route wasnt all that great though.

my favourite part of the game is probably when shiki converses with some serial killer at night during kohaku's route. that was a pretty cool dialogue.

>>1125
You do realize that the conversation was between Shiki and SHIKI?

The near side routes had the best ends, both actual ends and bad ends. That said, the ciel good end is the single lousiest ending Nasu ever wrote.

>>1126
that actually was only said in that non-canon fan written side story from KT. nothing really suggested it was him, though it wouldnt make the scene any worse.

>>1122
You can finish all of tsukihime in a week, each route for a girl doesn't take more than a day to finish.
You must have downs to go that slow, get checked retard.

>>1096
one drop rule. one drop of eroge-aspects make it a VN.

Things like rance and Utawarerumono go here, correct.

Five playthroughs and I still haven't gotten the Takeda recruited or their bonus unlocked. When will my time come?!

Just finished Yandere and Mashou no Nie. I can only recommend the latter, unless you can enjoy Yandere's "nothing but bad ends" and plot.

I played Digital a while back. It had an interesting concept, though the INDIE GAME OF THE YEAR tag some people gave it was a bit much I thought. I didn't know anything about the writer, though. Is Christine Love one of those tumblr social justice idiots or something like that?

>>1083
Very much so. I will admit that I liked Digital, though the rest of her stuff is trash.

ana and dig are definitely a cut above the rest of the oelvn crowd (and above her works). she (i think she identifies as female if not correct me) definitely should make more stuff like this, and less trash like don't take it personally or w/e. i still can't believe that even fucking exists.

This is actually pretty fucking good. Hope she makes more games that are like this.

>>1014
From what I read they do plan on translating the all ages version.

Don't hold you breath though. It will take time. I bet at least a year, probably more.

The h-scnenes are really awkward for me. Tomoyo is my waifu. They don't change how much I love her though.

Just finished this. All I'll say is it was beautiful. Quite possibly the most beautiful thing I've ever experienced.

Just finished the visual novel. Actually, I finished it 30 minutes ago, but I just stopped crying. I rarely cry because of a work of fiction, but key has done it. Again.

I have no idea why that always happens. I knew the manga adaption and I knew how it would end.

I'm at a loss of words right now. All I can do is second >>1018

An updated patch is out.

Sadly not the Memorial Edition yet.
Maybe one day...

I loved season 1, and I'm waiting the tranlsation of season 2.

>>1090
Hey, I like Higanbana.

I'll definitely get around to playing this sometime soon.

>r07 ship once he released a story about school girls being bullied to suicide?

Read Higanbama.

I didn't even know they were making a VN.

I know there's a manga, and I'm pretty sure it goes into the backstories of the characters that didn't get episodes (Shiina, TK, etc.), but I'm not sure. And I think it's only in Chinese or something.

They should have just made it 26 episodes. But noooo. Key had to get all fancy with their money.

Shouldn't thi be in /an/?

>>18424
or /vn/. I don't really care though